The old man wants to educate his children and grandchildren, such a simple wish, of course Li Qing will satisfy him.

In fact, even if Lao Zhu didn't say it, Li Qing was ready to take him to take a look.

The main thing was not to pull Lao Zhu's blood pressure, he also felt itchy hands and wanted to beat Zhu Qizhen.

But this time, Li Qing instructed Lao Zhu in advance not to go to orthodoxy for fourteen years, and it was best to bring a few more cars of breadmen.

Of course, Lao Zhu had no opinion, he realized that there might be a fierce battle.

So, together with Zhu Di of the Yongle Dynasty, with Xu Da as the commander, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng as the deputies, he gathered the elite of the 20,000 elites and marched towards the orthodox dynasty.

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Orthodox 14, August 13.

It has been nearly a month since Emperor Zhu Qizhen ordered his troops and horses to go on the expedition.

It was not without warning that he also invaded the Ming Dynasty first. For the Mongolian tribes, the Ming court has always suppressed the strong and helped the weak of the Mongolian tribes through tribute and mutual markets, and used this to win over some Mongolian tribes for the use of the Ming Dynasty. Since Zhu Di, the tribute city of both sides has become customized. The Ming Dynasty also gave a large number of valuables to the feudal lords of Warat in the name of rewards to restrain the Mongols.

Because the Ming court often adheres to the "thick and thin" style of good face since ancient times, this kind of tributary trade has become a means of survival for the Mongolian tribes to make a fortune. Through tributary trade, not only can you get a lot of money, but you can also increase the power of the clan.

But when the Mongol tribes were gradually unified, their greed gradually became apparent. Since the Ming Dynasty was rewarded according to the number of people in the mission, at first there were more and more people participating in the mission, and in the end, they simply began to falsely report the number of people.

You just say that you don't give it, your Ming family has a big business, and you still care about giving me these two jujubes?

This kind of tributary trade gradually overwhelmed the finances of the Ming Dynasty, and during the orthodox years, it gradually became a means to blackmail the Ming Dynasty. In the fourteenth year of Orthodoxy, Warat once again sent tribute, again falsely reporting the number of missions. When Wang Zhen learned of this, he was furious and ordered a reward based on the actual number of people.

Yes, Warat fully falsely reported five times the number of people, Wang Zhen thought to himself that I am not blind, and pointed to fifty people and said that I endured one hundred, and you pointed to fifty people and said that this is two hundred and fifty people, and you are pure and take me as two hundred and five.

It was precisely because of this incident that he was first annoyed and angry, and in early July, he also led all his departments to invade the interior in four ways. On the east road, Liaodong was attacked by Totobuhua and Uliangha; The Western Road faction was to attack Ganzhou (present-day Zhangye, Gansu); The middle lane was the focus of the attack, and it was divided into two groups, one led by the Ayi Zhiyuan to directly attack Xuanfu and Chicheng, and the other was led by Yexian to attack Datong.

You can't say that Wang Zhen did something wrong in this matter, it's really a bit of pole vaulting in a thatched house - too much.

But the stinky and shameless ones definitely don't see it that way, Li Shimin once commented: Yidi, beasts are also, afraid of power but not virtuous. I've always been cheap and obedient, and I thought it was right to do it first, but if you don't give it now, it will be equivalent to breaking ground on my head, then I must send you to the ground.

First of all, this situation is like a little fairy, you buy her a bag and buy skin care products, and suddenly one day you don't buy it, she feels that you owe her.

On July 11, Wu Hao, the right general of Datong in the Ming Dynasty, faced the old fairy in Maoerzhuang, but the army was defeated and died; Song Ying, the governor of Datong, Jing Yuan, the commander of the horses, Zhu Mian, the chief military officer, and Shi Heng, the governor of the left staff, each led 10,000 troops to Yang and defend. Subsequently, Song Ying, Marquis of Xining, Zhu Mian of Wujin Bo, and Shi Heng, the general of the left staff, led the Ming army to fight against Wara in Yanghe.

However, due to the eunuch Guo Jing's obstruction, the Ming army was defeated and the whole army was destroyed. Song Ying and Zhu Mian were killed in battle, Shi Heng fled back to Datong City on his own, and Guo Jing escaped by hiding in the grass.

Hiding in the grass really works, family.

Saiwai Castle fell one after another, and reports of defeat on the front line were frequent, but as a result, Zhu Qizhen was not only afraid, but even enthusiastically prepared to drive the expedition in person.

How much is a little young, and 200,000 people in the civil fort are given away.

Among the sixteen emperors of the entire Ming Dynasty, there are moderates like Zhu Yuanzhang who often dig out their hearts and lungs with ministers, there are pragmatic people like Zhu Di who go to the grassland and talk to the Mongols about their interests when they have nothing to do, and there are also people like Zhu Jianshen, who likes big sisters...... But if Zhu Qizhen is summed up by the division of behavior, then he probably belongs to the abstract school.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was full of ambition and was about to take the army and meet first, Wang Zhi and others put forward different opinions.

They believe that "the things of the border have existed since ancient times", as long as "the soldiers use their lives, they will be able to win", and the imperial court should focus on guarding, and advised Yingzong to "not have to personally control the six divisions, so as to go down".

The last "pro-imperial six divisions" went out to defeat the whole army, and it can be traced back to 2,000 years ago when King Ji Fang of Zhou Zhao went into the river with the six divisions of the sect to feed the fish - but they didn't lose, but because of a sudden earthquake when crossing the river.

However, Zhu Qizhen didn't listen at all, he was carried away by his enthusiasm, his mind was full of copying guys and doing it first, and without knowing the direction of the main force of Wara, he ordered to quickly assemble the troops, and sent troops to attack within two days.

As we all know, even if it is not the emperor's personal expedition, the expedition must be carefully prepared. However, Zhu Qizhen is like being charmed by a succubus, and if he doesn't listen to anyone's opinion, I'm going to send it.

So, in the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen insisted on going his own way, and with the hastily assembled army, he set off.

When I arrived at Longhutai on the outskirts of Beijing the day after departure, there was already an early warning. Due to the hasty assembly, most of the soldiers had never experienced actual combat, and almost bombed the camp at night. Fortunately, the misunderstanding was clarified in time, so as to avoid a catastrophe.

It stands to reason that as soon as this matter came out, everyone should be able to see that it was not suitable to continue the matter, but Zhu Qizhen was like eating a scale, and he walked forward with determination.

After eight days of marching, the army arrived at Jiming Mountain. At this time, it was the rainy season in the north, the wind and rain did not stop for days, the roads were very muddy, and before the army reached Datong, there were already soldiers who died of hunger and frostbite.

Not only the soldiers, but even Kuang Yu, the secretary of the military department, also fell off his horse due to an accident and was seriously injured. It's a pity that he is old, and he still barely supports the advance of the troops.

Kuang Yu, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department, repeatedly went up and asked the class to return to the court, but Wang Zhen not only vetoed them, but even ordered the two of them to kneel on the grass until it was dark.

Even Wang Zhen's cronies, Peng Deqing, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor, said to Wang Zhen: "The celestial phenomena warn, you can't go any further, otherwise you will be caught in the saint and reckless, who will be responsible?"

However, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen still insisted on going their own way and insisted on moving forward.

This road went west, in the direction of Datong, and the situation of corpses strewn across the road caused the armies to be terrified; After arriving in Datong on August 1, the eunuch Guo Jing secretly informed Wang Zhen the next day that the troops were defeated by the Northern Yuan army in Datong and suffered a crushing defeat. Suddenly, heavy rain fell, causing panic in the hearts of the people. So under Wang Zhen's half-persuasion and half-intimidation, Zhu Qizhen ordered to withdraw from Datong.

According to the original plan, the retreat direction of the Ming army should be from Datong to Ulzhou and withdraw to Beijing through the Bauhinia Pass. Because Wang Zhen's hometown is in Ulzhou, he adheres to the view of "wealth does not return to his hometown, such as brocade clothes at night", and plans to show off his majesty with his hometown fathers. But now that his good mood had been ruined, he began to worry that the march of the army would trample the crops and cause losses to the grain that was about to be harvested.

Therefore, regardless of the fatigue of the veteran soldiers of the division, the troops had already walked forty miles to the south, and bewitched Zhu Qizhen to turn back to the northeast and advance in the direction of Xuanfu again.

The ministers are not stupid, of course they know that this order is completely child's play, they jointly wrote a letter, wanting to dissuade Zhu Qizhen from changing his mind, but Zhu Qizhen didn't listen to it at all, in short, what Wang Zhen said was what he said, highlighting a rebellious mentality.

However, the military report at this time also showed that the Warat army was approaching Xuanfu, but unfortunately the two top decision-makers of this army did not listen at all.

The road tossed back and forth, delayed for several days, and did not arrive at Xuanfu until August 10.

After so many days, even if he is a pig first, he can catch Zhu Qizhen.

On the day when the Ming army entered Xuanfu, the Warat army also arrived at Jiming Mountain.

Zhu Qizhen, who learned the news, couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly urged the troops to continue to advance, wanting to break out of the encirclement and escape back to the Beijing division when Wara completed a complete encirclement of him.

He ordered the brothers to be cut off, but they were defeated, more than half of the soldiers were wounded, and both brothers were killed in battle. He also ordered Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, to lead 30,000 cavalry to support, but he plunged into the encirclement of Wara, not only the whole army was wiped out, but even the second generation of Cheng Duke Zhu Yong was killed with the army.

On August 13, a panicked Zhu Qizhen arrived at Tumubao. At this time, it was still early, and it was only more than 20 miles away from Huailai, which had complete defense facilities.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen was sitting in the tent, enjoying Wang Zhen personally serving him to clean his face.

"Companion, I always feel a little weak in my heart." Zhu Qizhen let Wang Zhen wipe his face, and said with a mutter.

Wang Zhen handed the handkerchief to his godson beside him, and said with a smile: "The emperor Ji people have their own heavenly appearance, how can they be successful?" Don't scare yourself, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty have spirits in the sky, and they will definitely bless the emperor. ”

Although he said this, Wang Zhen didn't have much bottom in his heart.

He was not worried about the Varat cavalry, but about the weight of his more than 1,000 carts of goods.

"Well, after resting for a while, let's leave for Huailai." Zhu Qizhen stretched his arms and said to Wang Zhen: "Chengguo Gong has not sent back news for a long time, and I always feel that my heart is suddenly ......."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen suddenly said: "Emperor, don't ......"

Although he has always had a quick wit, he doesn't know military strategy, and he can't think of any suitable excuse to stop Zhu Qizhen from continuing to move forward for a while.

He could only tell the truth: "Emperor, the slaves' goods and baggage are still following behind, if our army leaves those baggage, won't it be cheaper for the Warats?" ”

The truth has to be said, but there is also a difference in how to say it. If you say that you are reluctant, then it must not work; But if you want to say that you can't lose it to the Warats, then it seems that you can get by on the face.

Hey, being an official, the most important thing is to get by on face, and leave the rest to the leader.

Zhu Qizhen was not harsh on Wang Zhen, on the contrary, he was very conniving. He stretched out his finger and pointed at Wang Zhen, and said with a smile: "You old dog, you can't bear your wealth and just say it, as if I can do anything to you." ”

"The emperor's holy candle shines on ......," Wang Zhen immediately sent a sycophant.

"What should you think?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

"Anyway, there are a lot of us, so we are not afraid, so let's go first, it is better to stay in Tumu Fort overnight, and wait for tomorrow at dawn, and then we will march to Huailai City." Wang Zhen began to talk about his big clever idea.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a long time, and it made sense to think of what Wang Zhen said, after all, he has a lot of people, even if it is 200,000 pigs, he can't catch them all in three days. So he smiled and said to Wang Zhen: "Just according to what the eldest companion said, go and give an order, and rest in Tumu Fort today." ”

"Yes!" Wang Zhen got the order and went happily.

Although Zhu Qizhen agreed, he always felt that something was wrong.

But he knew clearly that this was not right, and it was definitely not for those Warats.

In his opinion, Warat is just a group of clowns, and even if his side's victory rate is now in temporary decline, as long as he enters Huailai City, it will usher in a slight but appropriate increase.

How did that come about? If you hold on firmly, there will be a way!

If it's not Warat, who is it?

Zhu Qizhen has an advantage that is not an advantage, that is, he never thinks about things that he doesn't understand.

He took the noodle soup from Wang Zhengan's son on the side, scooped it up with a spoon and put it to his mouth, and as soon as he blew on it, there was a noise outside.

He put down the soup in displeasure and looked in the direction where the voice was coming from.

After a while, he saw the ministers who rushed in.

There were Kuang Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department, Zhang Fu, the British minister, Cao Nai, a cabinet scholar, and others, and almost all the officials above the fifth rank came.

"Your Majesty!" Kuang Yu knelt on the ground and said in a sad voice: "Please also take back your order, wait until the army is finished cooking, and immediately lead the army into Huailai City, otherwise when the Wara army arrives, I am afraid that it will be in danger of falling......"

If he didn't talk about the stubble of the Wara army, maybe Zhu Qizhen would accept it.

But Zhu Qizhen is obviously in the rebellious period of adolescence now, and as soon as this momentum comes up, Warat is a local chicken and tile dog in his eyes.

"I have 200,000 elite soldiers, why should I be afraid of being the first?" Zhu Qizhen said unhappily, "What's more, I still have the blessing of my ancestors and ancestors, how can I hurt me?" ”

The ministers glanced at each other, and they were all scolding in their hearts.

What the hell are the elite soldiers, don't you know what these improvised soldiers under your hands look like?

Do you dare to mention your ancestors? As far as the ancestors and ancestors see your current virtue, if you don't beat your out, we will all have your surname Zhu!

But naturally they couldn't say that, and they turned their gaze to Zhang Fu.

In military affairs, professional people have to take action, let him analyze it from a professional point of view, and maybe the emperor will change his mind.

(End of chapter)